COLTON: Help sought ID’ing woman dead 25 years

This is a coroner's photo taken of a woman found dead July 19, 1987, in Colton. Police and the San Bernardino County coroner's office ask the public's help in identifying the woman and closing the case that is now more than 25 years old.

Colton police and the San Bernardino County coronerâs office are looking for the publicâs help in identifying a woman who was found dead in an industrial area in south Colton more than 25 years ago.

The body of woman was found June 19, 1987, in the 500 block of Birch Court, Colton police said in a news release. She was said to be in 5 feet, 1 inch tall, weighing about 135 pounds. She was in her 40s or 50s and had bleached blond hair.

The woman had prominent moles on her right temple and adjacent to the right side of her nose, police said. She was dressed in white flannel pajamas and was wearing gold-stud earrings.

Over the years, investigators have come to the public periodically seeking information about the woman. So far theyâve come up empty-handed.

Anyone with information on the woman is asked to call Detective Jack Morenberg at 909-370-5022 or police dispatch at 909-370-5000.

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